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In sports, many injuries are obvious: Broken arms come with casts, and torn ligaments come with crutches. However, others — like concussions — are harder to spot. CrashCourse, a concussion education ...

Concussion is a traumatic brain injury that occurs as a result of a force that’s transmitted to the brain. It manifests as a functional change in the way the brain operates. Most are transient and ...

A new study may offer reassuring news for parents whose children have a history of concussion, but want to get back to playing sports. Researchers spent more than a decade scouting fields, rinks and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The media hype around the issue of concussion in sport is "way ahead of the science", a leading doctor told Reuters at an annual National Football League (NFL) conference on ...

High-profile sports like football and soccer have brought greater attention in recent years to concussions – the mildest form of traumatic brain injury. Yet people often do not realize how common ...

Researchers found that young children between the ages of 5 and 12 were more likely to experience a concussion from recreation and other non-sport activities, yet those injuries were not seen by ...

As the football season gets underway every season, two things are certain: There will be some headline-grabbing concussions, and we’ll hear the National Football League (NFL) tell us that player ...